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Brock Nystrom vaults into his last spring
Havre High's Brock Nystrom pole vaults during the 2019 track and field season. Nystrom has had to wait almost two years to clear the bar again, as COVID-19 wiped out the 2020 spring sports. Now however, spring sports is back and Nystrom is looking to go out on a high note.
Spring sports are back in Havre for the first time in nearly two years. Emotions are high for every athlete returning, including Havre track and field star Brock Nystrom.
Nystrom described the return as nerve-wracking but exciting. He will now get the chance to compete in pole vaulting, the high jump and 100 sprints in his senior season. Returning to pole vaulting should be the most exciting part for him since it is his favorite track and field event.
"It's just fun," Nystrom said. "Fun flinging yourself through the air."
His favorite memory in track and field involves pole vaulting when he made it to divisionals his first year participating in the event. Nystrom has been competing in track and field ever since middle school after his middle school football coach Ryan Joy got him into it.
Since then, Nystrom has been enjoying how track and field lets athletes compete individually. It's one of the reasons why he participates in events such as sprints.
"Just trying to beat the other dude next to me," Nystrom said.
The Blue Ponies began their 2021 season this past Saturday at the Cut Bank Boosters Invitational. In the meet, Nystrom competed in Havre's 4x100 relay team. Before he heads off to Glasgow for the Ponies' next meet this Thursday, the Havre Daily News got the chance to ask Nystrom a few questions.
HDN: What is your favorite part of track and field?
Nystrom: "It's a very individual, competitive sport. Every individual gets to go out and they compete against each other as individuals, so it's not like a team sport."
HDN: What are you hoping to accomplish in your final season as a Pony?
Nystrom: "I want to win and make some memories with my friends who are out doing track also."
HDN: What do you love about pole vaulting?
Nystrom: "It's a mind game. It's very intense and it's a very mental game."
HDN: What do you love about the high jump?
Nystrom: "It's just something I've always really liked and thought was easier to do and very fun to do."
HDN: Any favorite hobbies outside of track and field?
Nystrom: "I love fishing and that's about it. Out in the Bear Paws."
HDN: Is there anything you would like to say to our readers?
Nystrom: "I'd like to thank them for their support."
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